[CSH Seminar] Sovereign Anxiety: Public Order and the Politics of Control in India, 1915–1955 (J. IQBAL WANI)

[CSH Seminar] Sovereign Anxiety: Public Order and the Politics of Control in India, 1915–1955 (J. IQBAL WANI)


Event Details


The Centre de Sciences Humaines is pleased to invite you to the CSH Seminar

by

Javed Iqbal WANI

(Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi)

on

Sovereign Anxiety: Public Order and the Politics of Control in India, 1915–1955

Followed by a discussion with Amir ALI (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

On

Monday, 11 November 2024, from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm IST

At
Centre de Sciences Humaines
IFI-CSH conference room (ground floor)
2 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi – 110011
To register: Please fill out the Registration form

Abstract:

This book studies issues of public order in late colonial and earlier postcolonial India. It identifies various governmental practices, such as curfews, bans and police action, that thrive on extraordinary legislation to maintain public order. The colonial regime often deployed extraordinary legislation to curtail the liberties of individuals and groups by citing potential harm to public order. Through public order, a spectacle of sovereign power and politics of contestation between the citizens and law enforcement emerges. The book contributes to existing discussions about sovereignty and legitimacy of state power by providing a representative sample of concrete instances such as inter and intra-community riots, labour riots, labour strikes and nationalist agitation. It also illustrates processes of the evolution of state formation and citizenship in South Asia.

Speaker:

Javed Iqbal Wani is a Senior Assistant Professor at the School of Legal and Socio-Political Studies, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University (AUD). He has a PhD in History from the Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London. His main research interests over the years have been around the theme of ‘public order’ while engaging with issues of communalism, labour and political violence. His research has been published in journals of international repute, such as the Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, Economic and Political Weekly, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Labour History, History and Sociology of South Asia. He has also published several popular articles in The Indian Express. His monograph “Sovereign Anxiety: public order and the politics of control in India, 1915-1955” was published by Cambridge University Press in November 2023. 

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